
The Benefits Of Nature Therapy- How Modern Society Has Strained Our Brains
01/08/25 • 33 min
Today, I'm joined by Dr. Heidi Schreiber-Pan to discuss the benefits of time spent outside in nature. Specifically, we focus on the mental health aspect of it all.
A lot of people report feeling better when outside or when spending a certain amount of time outside daily or weekly, but Dr. Heidi is here to back that up with some scientific studies as well. She starts by sharing about an experiment and study done on how different background noises (at various levels) affected people during their sleep.
Dr. Heidi then takes us back to what inspired her quest for knowledge and understanding the power of nature. It all started with wondering how therapists deal with the emotional turmoil that comes from hearing their patient's worst stories and issues. With most of them answering that they use nature to help themselves, she questioned why they didn't suggest that for their patients. So, she wanted to find out more.
Additionally, Dr. Heidi shares how she is implementing what she learned into her practice, including educating and hosting outdoor retreats for therapy and mental health help.
https://www.cmhcweb.com/naturetherapy
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Today, I'm joined by Dr. Heidi Schreiber-Pan to discuss the benefits of time spent outside in nature. Specifically, we focus on the mental health aspect of it all.
A lot of people report feeling better when outside or when spending a certain amount of time outside daily or weekly, but Dr. Heidi is here to back that up with some scientific studies as well. She starts by sharing about an experiment and study done on how different background noises (at various levels) affected people during their sleep.
Dr. Heidi then takes us back to what inspired her quest for knowledge and understanding the power of nature. It all started with wondering how therapists deal with the emotional turmoil that comes from hearing their patient's worst stories and issues. With most of them answering that they use nature to help themselves, she questioned why they didn't suggest that for their patients. So, she wanted to find out more.
Additionally, Dr. Heidi shares how she is implementing what she learned into her practice, including educating and hosting outdoor retreats for therapy and mental health help.
https://www.cmhcweb.com/naturetherapy
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Website: https://coupleonukes.com
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The Multiple Lives We Live: Trauma, Toxic Relationships, And Creativity
Today's episode is a heavy one but with plenty of laughs along the way.
Joining me from all the way in Ireland, Ronika Merl- activist, artists, screenwriter, and poet- sits down with me to discuss trauma and the lives we live. She, herself, has lived quite a few.
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https://www.ronikamerl.com/
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We've discussed suicide prevention and awareness before, and shared some stories about people who were suicidal, but this story today is a deep one.
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The conversation then pivots to Mr. Skellett sharing what he is doing nowadays with Love Never Ends Ministry to help support others during their grief, including resources, groups, prayers, and podcasting.
https://www.loveneverendsministry.org/
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Couple O' Nukes - The Benefits Of Nature Therapy- How Modern Society Has Strained Our Brains
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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to another episode of Cup O Nukes. As always, I'm your host, Mr. Whiskey, and if you are just listening, not watching on YouTube, Which I recommend checking out the YouTube, you know, I am sitting in a supposed to be a grove But it's a pathway through a nice little quaint forest here because that ties into what we're talking about today It's been briefly mentioned before on the show, but we've never dedicated an episode to it.
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